Triplejump appoints independent directors

Risk
management advice and solutions provider Triplejump has
appointed Dr Allan Freeth and Ian Christie as directors as
it prepares to apply to join the NZX’s new trading
platform for growth stocks, to be established in July.

Allan Freeth, formerly Chief Executive of TelstraClear,
has been appointed Chairman and international marketing
executive Ian Christie will act as an Independent Director.
Allan Morris, who has been Chairman, will remain on the
board as a Non-executive Director.

Triplejump Chief
Executive Officer Ian Black says the cloud based software
company, set up to protect the wealth of business owners, is
attracting keen interest from financial services
organisations with a strong client base of small and medium
enterprises.

Triplejump is poised to take its cloud
based solution global with support from some of the
world’s leading insurers and re-insurers. The company has
a franchise network in New Zealand and is currently engaged
with potential licensees in Australia and the UK.

The Albany-based company’s global ambitions have been
further advanced with the recent signing of a strategic
agreement with one of the world’s largest reinsurers as a
partner in tapping the identified 1.5 trillion pound market
opportunity in the United Kingdom.

“This is a
watershed agreement with the potential to be replicated in
other major markets,” Ian Black says. “Triplejump is
expanding its board to provide the appropriate level of
governance for the growth opportunities we are now enjoying.
In Allan Freeth and Ian Christie we believe we have found
two outstanding candidates with the skills and experience to
help Triplejump achieve its goal of becoming a global leader
in providing risk advice solutions to small and medium
enterprises.”

Dr Freeth is currently Chairman of
Housing New Zealand and is active with several charities and
in the film industry. Previously, he was a member of the
Treasury’s Advisory Board and a Director and past Chairman
of Save the Children New Zealand. He also served as a
Director on the Global Board of Save the Children. Prior to
TelstraClear, Dr Freeth was Chief Executive at Wrightson
Limited.

Ian Christie returned to New Zealand from
London in 2013 where he had been a Global Account Director
at creative agencies Grey London and Saatchi and Saatchi
London, directing the advertising accounts for Nokia mobile
phones and T-Mobile mobile networks. Christie was a founding
shareholder of the specialist web video on demand studio
Channel Flip and is currently a member of the Executive Team
and Chief Marketing Officer for Findly, a San Francisco
based global recruiting software provider.

Triplejump has also recently appointed Margaret Clark as
Country Sales Manager Australia to develop and support
customers in that market.

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